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Whole Wheat Hot Cross Buns with Dried Berries

Whole Wheat Hot Cross Buns with Dried Berries

First off I have to admit I have never had a hot cross bun before, and I am not sure why?! They are bready, and I like bready things; and they also have a lot of flavour with all the spices added, and I love spice! So since it’s Easter, I have been seeing a lot of hot cross bun recipes floating around the web, and as I checked them out, I realized I needed to make them! I changed…

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Citrus Spring Recipe Round-up!

Citrus Spring Recipe Round-up!

I posted a round-up of everything I have for rhubarb right on the first day of Spring and it was such a hit, I decided to continue on with this Spring theme and share everything citrus! These citrus Spring recipes are not just from Chews and Brews, but also from amazing food bloggers that I network with on social media all the time. I highly recommend you click on their blog links and check out some of their amazing work! Let’s…

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#FoodBloggerLove – Hershey’s Caramel Kisses Slutty Brownies

#FoodBloggerLove – Hershey’s Caramel Kisses Slutty Brownies

Today’s Hershey’s Caramel Kisses Slutty Brownies post is special; special because I am lucky to participate in the #FoodBloggerLove campaign! So this is what happens: Food bloggers from all over sign up to be a part of the campaign, and then we are assigned another awesome food blogger, in which we can recreate one of their recipes and share their awesomeness with all of you! If this is of interest to you, check out the Facebook page and you can join…

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Rhubarb Strawberry Crumble with a Twist

Rhubarb Strawberry Crumble with a Twist

It’s part two of my rhubarb month-long blogging event and today is a dessert of rhubarb strawberry crumble with a twist! I’ve eaten a lot of rhubarb in my life and have had it a few different ways. A staple summer cake for me is the Alberta rhubarb cake, which my mom makes for me every year. Once I even made it myself too, but it’s much better when mom makes it! I’ve also used rhubarb in my easy Greek…

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Cardamom Apricot Muffins

Cardamom Apricot Muffins

Mmmmore mmmuffins!? Yup I am posting yet another muffin recipe! If you read my blog regularly, you know by now that I like cooking and baking with Greek yogurt and love spices especially those from Silk Road. Seems appropriate to post a recipe on cardamom apricot muffins where I use Silk Road spices and Greek yogurt.  I have a lot of favourite spices, but cardamom is in the top ten for me. I just love the smell and flavour and when…

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Greek Yogurt Whole Wheat Blueberry Muffins

Greek Yogurt Whole Wheat Blueberry Muffins

I’m on a muffin kick and these Greek yogurt whole wheat blueberry muffins are one of my favourite latest creations. I have been baking muffins every weekend to add to our weekly lunch snacks and have been loving them! Every week I am trying different spices with different fruit or berries and am loving every week’s new creations! This week I tried out blueberry muffins made with greek yogurt, whole wheat flour and for some spice, cinnamon. They were great!…

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Bacon Bourbon Chocolate Cupcakes

Bacon Bourbon Chocolate Cupcakes

It isn’t very often that I have a hankering for something sweet and even when I do, I am usually craving something savoury with it. Today was one of those days where I was craving that sweet and salty combination and inspired these bacon bourbon chocolate cupcakes. I don’t play around with the flours and cake trays much as I don’t find myself enjoying baking that much. Confession time: I played around with this recipe in my head, using a…

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Southern Food Cooking – 70 Recipes!

Southern Food Cooking – 70 Recipes!

Tomorrow, January 22nd, is National Southern Food Cooking day and it only seemed proper to pull together a round up of the tastiest southern food cooking there is out there! As a Canadian, living in one of the most Northern major cities of the country, my experience with southern food cooking is limited. However, in August of 2015 my husband and I went to New Orleans, Louisiana where I had my first taste of the south and we fell in love immediately….

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